Forenames

Charles Edward AWMM

Surname

Trainer AWMM

Also known as

Trainor AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/4109 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs E. Trainor (mother), Tariaru, Arrow Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/4109 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Fisherman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 11th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Son of Emily Trainer and Edward Trainer of 41 Bellevue Road, Auckland, New Zealand.

The sons, brothers served in WW1: Charles Edward Trainer (12/4109) kia; Francis Herbert Trainer (56681) kia; and Albert Diamond Jubilee Trainer (89412, N/N)

Listed as Charles Edward Trainor in the Nominal Roll. Surname for family is variously spelled as Trainer or Trainor

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Trainer, Bellevere Rd, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM IX. B. 16. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22013106
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/554095/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/554095
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  28: 7
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.